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Meredith Garofalo

'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

A solar sail flies over Earth with the sun setting on Earth in an illustration.

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality.

The technology would allow scientists to provide earlier warnings of space weather events such as geomagnetic storms, which have the potential to disrupt technological systems on Earth.

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